IATIS 2012 Conference Theme
Written by Dorothy Kenny

The theme of the IATIS 2012 conference is: ‘Translation and the Politics of Recognition’. This may be interpreted in a broad manner, embracing such topics as globalisation, cultural encounter, intercultural relations and conflict.

Related thematic areas include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

•the crisis in models of multiculturalism and integrationism;
•the role of translation in terms of conflict resolution, mediation and reporting;
•covert censorship - mediated manipulations and the role of the translator / interpreter;
•cultural translation between ethnic groups, particularly majoritarian and minoritarian;
•translation, minorities, and language rights;
•translation, public memory and memorialisation;
•the translator / interpreter as cultural broker in a transnational world;
•intercultural relations and their political impact;
•interaction between the cultures of 'large' and 'small' nations;
•the role of literary translation in challenging or reinforcing cultural difference;
•transnational media and their role in facilitating, or discouraging, intercultural understanding;
•translation/interpreting and its politics;
•translation/interpreting and its ethics;
•translation and the contesting of nationalist narratives;
•recognition of the translator in technologised workflows;
•the identity of the translator/the translator’s multiple identities.


The closing date for submission of abstracts is 19 September 2011.